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Voting booths

America's Post-Election Political Landscape

… Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … Hamlin, an associate professor of history and American studies. She specializes on women and gender history in the … Blissit. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more on our website at …
Crowds of people waving Ukrainian flags

The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part II

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … nice selfie pictures. So if you go to the John Glenn school website, you can see some of the pictures of the protest, … violence in January, which increased into the absolute tragedies that you saw on February 18th and 20th, where up to 70 …
Photo of Eugene V. Debs from 1900.

Let’s Hear It for the Losers!

… presidential losers of the American past. Yes, the time has come for all true lovers of trivia to stand up and be … If Clay felt betrayed, he would have a great deal of company as a perennial also-ran. Other men ran for the … Foster who ran three times for the Workers' Party and the Communist Party?  Or how about that three-time candidate of …
Theatrical poster for the American release of the 1952 film High Noon

War with Iraq: The Movie

… a villain and his henchmen threaten the safety of a western community, whose cowardly citizens cringe in the face of … Lebanon to save it from destructive fighting, American soldiers became the targets of warring parties; 241 Marines … see the relevance of “A Fistful of Dollars.” Robert Brent Toplin, professor of history at the University of North …
The Statue of Liberty in New York City.

Where Will “Liberation” Lead?

… Choosing to back dictators such as South Vietnam’s Ngo Dinh Diem, Nicaragua’s Anastasio Somoza, and Iran’s Muhammad Reza … of Guatemala’s Jacobo Arbenz dared to undertake a comprehensive land reform campaign, nationalize corporate property and open diplomatic relations with communist countries in 1954, Washington was quick to …
Jiang Zemin

Reframing the Debate on Human Rights in China

… abysmal human rights record. Jiang and other Chinese Communist Party officials countered that Americans are too … in a patronizing fashion. But awareness of this should not stop concerned Americans from pushing for human rights and … for Americans to make the case for tolerance to Chinese audiences: by stressing how much the official measures now …
Soldiers marching in front of the memorial - The Motherland Calls in Volgograd.

Living in History: Stalingrad at 75

… Glory, at Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd, Russia. The monument commemorates those who died defending the city 1942-1943. In the twenty-first … at Stalingrad in 1942, improbable victories and national utopias might occur at any moment in the near future thanks … Media/Journalism/Communications …
Monica Lewinsky's official government ID photo from 1997.

Another Watergate?

… at the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972. An abbreviated list of what came to be … in the 1963 assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem; exchanging government favors for campaign … of course, crimes, but if Clinton were ever shown to have committed these offenses, these would be his only crimes. In …
Attica

A History of Athens Beyond Decline

Review of Athens After Empire: A History from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian, by Ian Worthington (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020)
… story, the myth relegates that city’s more interesting, complicated history to the margins. Ian Worthington’s latest … here in a mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, died in 323 BCE, which incited confusion and revolt in … between Athens and Rome poignantly illustrate Athens’ complicated relationship with the rest of the Mediterranean …
President George W. Bush signs a law in front of senators.

The Dark Side of “Faith-Based Initiatives”

… President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives — created to give religious groups tax … to wealth spread, it was harder and harder to tell who wielded authority. States no longer sponsored official … along with them. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum with a sign announcing the 70th anniversary ceremony.

A Postcard from Hiroshima

… of the bombing and was able to witness how the Japanese commemorate these tragic events. Hiroshima Peace Memorial … maps, photographs, and objects—a melted tricycle, a clock stopped at the moment of the bombing, and the tatters of … so severely that they had little skin left on their bodies. Several cried out for water, though when she fetched …
Book Cover of For Peace and Money French and British Finance in the Service of Tsars and Commissars By: Jennifer Siegel

12/15/2014: Hot off the Presses: Peace, Money, and Tsars

… French and British Finance in the Service of Tsars and Commissars New book from Ohio State historian Jennifer … railroads, and the development of the military-industrial complex, Russia's ministers of finance, municipal leaders, … of World War I." [Book description from the publisher's website ] …
European Union flag

The EU: Past, Present, and Future

… a century ago. Today, the EU faces an unprecedented combination of challenges, including a lingering economic … diplomacy and European affairs for the International Studies Department here at OSU. Chris Otter   I'm Chris Otter, … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website
Image of T2 Atomic Demolition Munition from the 1950s.

The Test-Ban Treaty and the Cold War’s Lessons

… When U.S. senators voted to reject the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, they took a giant step … an apocalyptic passage from Hindu scripture: “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” Since that moment, the … over Russian territory, those hopes faded. But they did not die. Long before President Clinton signed the Comprehensive …
Photo of A. Mitchell Palmer, a congressman from Pennsylvania who later became the U.S. Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson.

Cracking Down on Dissent

… on university grounds a National Lawyers Guild meeting, “Stop the Occupation! Bring the Iowa Guard Home!” A judge … to keep close tabs on them. Spying on dissidents has become official policy since police departments were advised … I. Other “scares” followed. From 1938 to 1945 Rep. Martin Dies of Texas, no defender of civil liberties, chaired the …
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969 with the American flag behind them.

Thirty Years since Apollo 11

… warranted spending tens of billions of dollars. Americans stopped walking on the Moon because later presidents and … economic system. Apollo was also a stunning technological accomplishment. NASA moved in eight years from launching a man … demonstrate that interest in space exploration has never died. What is changing now is the economic and political …
The colorful buildings of Tirana, viewed from the steps of the National Museum.

A Postcard from Tirana: Overcoming the Past

… dotted with reminders of this past, but the residents welcome visitors with true Albanian hospitality and intend to … dot the countryside today. After a 40-year rule, Hoxha died in 1985. With the revolutions of 1989 and the collapse … in 1992, and students demonstrating in Skanderbeg Square toppled the Hoxha statue . An example of one of the many …
Monument with figures dressed as pop culture figures like Superman, Santa, and Ronald McDonald

1989: The Year That Changed It All

… Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora Dragostinova and Slavic Studies Professor Angela Brintlinger as they consider these … Leticia Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website origins.osu.edu on iTunes and on SoundCloud, and as …
 Monte Albán

Una Postal de Oaxaca, México

… impresionante, la ciudad de Oaxaca ofrece vistas de la compleja historia de México. En 1521, Hernán Cortés mando a … de la danza tradicional.  La Sierra Madre del Sur es como un paisaje a fondo de la ciudad colorida de Oaxaca. Los … Guerra Mundial, no habían muchas carreteras modernas que dieran servicio a los confines del sur del país. Asta hoy en …
wind turbines

Energy Policy: How is the “Long Transition” from Fossil Fuels Doing?

… over the last four years.  The reasons for that are many, complex, and subject to change in the near and far future.  … Let’s remove one false idea right now:  Public subsidies support both carbon-based and alternative energy … is good business.  Since 2005 Forbes has been listing the top 100 firms based on sustainability. American …
Thomas Jefferson

The Road to a New American Aristocracy

… that the blood in their veins distinguished them from the common herd. Despite the rhetoric about property rights that … this was a radical proposal. In the 18th century when a man died his estate often passed complete to his eldest son. This form of inheritance, known …
US propaganda leaflet used in Afghanistan, with bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Fighting a Cold War Against Osama bin Laden

… today as American leaders assess Osama bin Laden’s latest communication. Bin Laden’s audio-taped message offered both … when bin Laden goes, as the Soviet Union did after Stalin died. Acheson had developed a plan based on long-range …
penguin standing on sand at a beach with a plant and ocean behind it

Early Encounters with Penguins

… Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello, and welcome to Early Encounters with Penguins brought to you by the … Humanities. Ellen is a very prolific author in medieval environmental history and global water history. She's … recently, Water in World History , a small book about a big topic. She's now researching a new book, Strange Birds, a …